The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-23

open up a large and new trade to the b'lsl-
ness men of Florence from one OF the garden
| spots of the State.
Capt. Simms. the Clerk of Court at Black
vile, was accidentally thrown from ms
buggy Friday and painfully hurt, raining on
| his head. Conclusion OF the BRAIN was pro
duced, resulting in Inconsistencies for some
time. There is painful confusion on one
side of his head. Medical attendance was
Immediately procured, and Capt. Slmms
was sufficiently restored to be taken nome
Although he has recovered consciousness he
has no recollection Of the events OF the Gay
or OF the accident
Very extensive preparations are being
| made for the crazy pink tea and Dapy
show which the ladies Of the Sumter Fps
copal church purpose holding next week
Thirty-seven babies have been entered for
| the pennant, but the committee on Arrange
ments is still in quandary as to the judges
Several gentlemen have indicated their VIII
lngness to sit in judgement, provided the
committee will pay the costs of their taking
out life insurance policies beforehand. Inc
ladies are as yet undecided as to what
| course TO adopt.
| An epidemic Of peculiar character is re-
| ported as prevailing among the cows in the
| Grove Station section of the county, near
| Greenville. Some eight or ten cows have
died in the past month in one settlement,
| and local Investigators of the disease are puz-
| Zled. Certain varieties of weeds and grass,
| supposed to be the cause of the distemper,
| have been sent to the Agricultural Depart
| ment for examination, and 1T Is probable
that State Veterinarian McInnes will be
asked to come up and investigate If the
trouble continues.
A. tremendous hail storm passed over
| Pickens county Thursday, doing much
| damage, and in some sections literally ruin
| ing the crops. Corn, cotton and oats were
| cut down to the ground by the large balls of
ice as they ratified down thick and fast. The
crops were all looking very fine till the re-
| cent hail storms, and the hopes Of the
| farmers were high They will, however,
make haste to repair their loss by replanting
corn and cotton This hail storm is the
third one which has visited that section in
| the last week, and it begins to look like this
is the spring of hail storms.
Batesburg is noted for lumber, turpen-
| tine and rosin. Mr.. Peterson, of the Mount
| Willing section CT Edgefield county, and
David Rawls, of Batesburg, are large ship
| pers of yellow pine lumber. They sell most
of their stock to the Richmond and Danville
Railroad Company The milestone bust
| ness is also an item at that place. h. w.
| McLenna and William McAlister are each
working quarries on Clouds creek. The
granite from these quarries is said to sur
pass anything for grinding corn that can be
| found. Clouds creek millstones are in use
| in almost every section of this State and in
a large portion OF Georgia.
A constable in the employ of Trial Justice
G. Q. Wheeler, of Mayesville, brought a
prisoner, John D. Henry (colored), charged
with assault and battery with intent to kill,
20 the Sumter Jail Thursday afternoon,
| heavily nanacled with chains around his
neck and hands, and his head very badly
beaten up, apparently with the butt of pis-
tol. The jailer was absent when the prisoner
| arrived, and the ianitor did not seek to make
any investigation. Everybody who saw the
case is indignant at the apparently brutal
manner in which the prisoner, who is not a
| desperado had been treated, and the case is
certainly worthy of an official investigation
The jail physician was sent for to examine
| the prisoners wounds, some of which are
said to be quite serious
The new Peoples Bank, of Greenville,
has received its charter, granted under the
first application when the capital was placed
at $50, 900, and will begin business regularly
as soon as the handsome office in Ferguson
& Miller's new building, corner of Washing
ton street and Main, is ready for occupancy.
The building will be, when completed, de-
cidedly the handsomest business block in
the city, and the bank rooms occupy the
corner site. The vault d now being built
and the office furnishing will be completed
shortly. Applications have been received
for stock to the amount of over 1925, 600, but
the capital viii not be increased to more
than 100000 at the outside. A savings
bank feature win very probably be added
to the regular banking business.